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| Police Dog drives over woman with truck |
| 2006-07-13 |
| A police dog that was left in a pickup with the engine running apparently knocked the vehicle into gear and ran down a woman who was walking to her mailbox. Mary F. Stone, 41, was expected to remain hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and tailbone until at least Friday, said her husband, Paul Stone. The dog, a German shepherd named Ranger, had been left in the truck while its handler responded to a domestic disturbance call Tuesday, police Lt. Loring Draper said. The truck's engine was on so Ranger would have air conditioning. Draper said Ranger must have hit the shift on the steering column, putting the automatic transmission into gear. As the truck slowly rolled forward, police officers yelled to Stone, but she couldn't get out of the way in time, he said. A front and rear tire ran over her. "She had tire marks on her clothes," her husband said. The truck then went through the Stones' yard and struck a vehicle in the driveway. Draper said police were trying to determine if there might have been some malfunction that would have allowed the gear shift to be moved easily. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #8 A real classic happened some years ago in Tampa, some cops on a stakeout noticed an iguana behind the wheel of a car. When they caught up it seemed that the owner of the car realized he had too much to drink,so he let the iguana drive.Note the lizard didn't run anybody over, iguanas make good drivers, hic-up. |
| Posted by: bruce 2006-07-13 18:23 |
| #7 As Dave Barry would say (and probably has): "A Florida driver's license is on its way to this |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-07-13 17:31 |
| #6 I'm sayin' the hound did this intentionally. I remember seeing a clip about a dog somewhere around Reno who could drive a Model T for over a mile. Looked crazy as hell, but he could even turn corners. So, prosecute this dog poste haste. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-07-13 16:20 |
| #5 Police dogs in trucks...why do they hate us? |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2006-07-13 15:42 |
| #4 Who the hell write these headlines? The police dog must have been driving something pretty large to be able to drive over that woman in the truck. |
| Posted by: SLO Jim 2006-07-13 15:30 |
| #3 "...been some malfunction that would have allowed the gear shift to be moved..." Yeah there was, and it was when Barney left the truck running. He actually got off kind of lucky; could have had some yout steal it. Burning question time: Did Ranger have a license???? |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2006-07-13 15:02 |
| #2 Who the hell write these headlines? Try "Truck with police dog aboard accidentally runs over woman." |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-07-13 13:50 |
| #1 Jackal posts a story about a wild canine... must be one of those weird jungian acausal synchronicities... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-13 13:24 |